Out in the cold: Pandemic reveals soaring number of families among Ottawa’s ‘hidden homeless’
Homelessness in Ottawa does not just involve single men. Families too are part of the growing crisis in the community.
Ottawa’s post-secondary students adjust to online learning in wake of COVID-19
Carleton, uOttawa and Algonquin College have shifted to online classes due to the novel coronavirus.
Podcast: The COVID Diaries, episode 1
As people are being urged to stay home during the COVID-19 outbreak, Carleton journalists find a way to continue reporting on the biggest story in a generation.
Student seeks compensation after battling bed bug infestation
Carleton student Isabel Faria's summer and fall semesters were occupied primarily by a run-in with bedbugs in her rental home.
Little Italy’s food desert may soon end with grocery store in new development
Parking lot in Little Italy is to be turned into large development including 500 rental apartments and grocery store.
The time I got a private jet for $300: Fleeing COVID-19 on one of Canada’s last international flights
A dozen of us were standing at Gate A63 in Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau airport. In four hours we were to land in Punta Cana, a city in the Dominican Republic known for its expansive resorts, white beaches, baby blue water and temperatures that make it feel like summer all year long. But something was very unusual. My private jet...
Reconciliation in action: Ottawa teen helps families in a Rwandan village sustain themselves
Ella Vincic, a grade 12 student in Ottawa, is fundraising to help families in a Rwandan reconciliation village sustain themselves.
COVID-19 pandemic offers Roma woman reprieve from deportation
The COVID-19 pandemic is giving a Roma woman a reprieve from deportation.
Ottawa’s ‘intensification’ plan gets mixed reviews in Hintonburg and Mechanicsville
With the population of Ottawa on the rise, new zoning bylaws are being considered to add more units in Hintonburg and Mechanicsville.
COVID-19: A guide to social distancing and self-isolation
Here are some resources you can draw upon as you cope with social distancing and self isolation.
Is Ottawa losing its chill? Winter sports feel burn of climate change
The impact of global warming is starting to affect Ottawa's winter sports reputation.
IN THE NEWS: Tuesday, March 17
Good Morning, Ottawa. It is 1°C . Showers and wet flurries are expected to continue until midday. The temperature will reach a high of 6°C. In the evening, it will be cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers. Wind gusts of 20 to 40 km/h will become light and the temperature will drop overnight to -9°C. As health officials...